4ºESO - UNIT 3 TEST

Name: Group:

Listening Reading Use of English (Voc. & Gram.) TOTAL

Crit: 1.1, 1.4, 1.5 Crit.: 3.1, 3.3, 3.4 Criteria: 3.5, 3.6, 4.5, 4.6

LISTENING (25 points)

1. Listen and order the events in the story. (10 points)

a) The prince went hunting with his dog, Gellert.

b) The prince killed Gellert.

c) The prince found his son alive and well.

d) The prince thought Gellert had killed his son.

e) The prince returned to the castle.

2. Listen again and circle the correct option. (15 points)

a) Lisa has to do a history project / report.

b) Lucy prefers stories based on fact / fiction.

c) The story of Gellert is an English / a Welsh legend.

d) The prince found his baby son under a bed / tree.

e) Gellert / The prince killed the wolf.

f) The moral / theme of the story is to think carefully before you act.

g) Hundreds / Thousands of people visit Gellert’s grave every year.

READING (25 points)

European myths and legends

Mount Olympus, Greece

Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece. According to Greek mythology, 12 gods lived on Mount
Olympus, including the father of all the gods, Zeus, and his daughter Athena. Zeus had 92 sons and
daughters, but his favourite child was Athena, the goddess of knowledge and war. One day, when Athena
went down to Earth, she gave the people a beautiful gift. It was the first olive tree.
Corfu, Greece
On this beautiful island you can find the palace Achilleion, which was home to the god Achilles. According
to the legend, when he was a baby, Achilles’ mother wanted to protect him from harm.
She held him by the heel and washed him in a river with magical powers. Although Achilles became a great
soldier, his heel was his weakness because it hadn’t touched the water. In the Trojan war, enemy soldiers
killed him by shooting him in the heel.
Avalon, England
King Arthur was a legendary king of Britain who defended the kingdom from invasion. When Arthur was
fifteen, he pulled his famous sword Excalibur from a stone. He was a brave and good king and was finally
injured in battle and taken to the island of Avalon to die. Historians are not sure whether he really existed or
not.

3. Read the text and complete the sentences. (10 points)

1) __________________gods lived on Mount Olympus.
2) Zeus had children.
3) Achilleion is on the island of .
4) Achilles was killed by soldiers.
5) Arthur was injured in and taken to Avalon to die.

4. 3.Read the text again and find words for the definitions. (10 points)

1 Having a lot of courage: b

2 A battle: w
3 A large building: p
4 Land surrounded by water: i
5 Something you give as a present: g

5. Read the text again and answer the questions. (5 points)

1) Where did Zeus live, according to Greek mythology?
2) Where is the palace Achilleion?
3) Why was Achilles’ weakness his heel?
4) What was the name of King Arthur’s sword?
5) Which word in the text refers to the back of the foot?
VOCABULARY (25 points)

6. Match the definitions with the words. (5 points)

1 The place and time in which the events of a story occur. a plot
2 A character in a story who is evil. b setting
3 A story that explains the world around us. c fairy tale
4 The sequence of events in a story. d myth
5 A traditional story for children about imaginary beings. e villain

7. Complete the text with the words. (10 points)

evil fact fictional Greek languages legend

More than 2,500 years ago, the ¹ philosopher Plato wrote the story of
Atlantis. This ² is well known in many different cultures and has been told in many
different ³ . According to Plato, the inhabitants of Atlantis were half-god,
half-human and they created a beautiful city without hunger, unhappiness or ⁴
. But the city disappeared suddenly one night, under the sea. Many people believe it is a
⁵ story, but others think that it is based on ⁶ .
What is true, however, is that nobody has ever found Atlantis.

8. Circle the correct option. (10 points)

1) I like reading biographies / novels of famous people and learning about their lives.
2) The Greeks won the battle / legend of Troy.
3) A common theme / conflict in myths and legends is the fight between good and evil.
4) In the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, a giant lives in a land / setting above the clouds.
5) In Norse mythology, Thor was the god / prince of thunder.

GRAMMAR (25 points)

9. Change the sentences to reported speech by putting the verbs in bold into the correct tense.
(5 points)
1 “I live next to your brother,” she said. She said that she ........................... next to my brother.
2 “They are going to a club,” said Tom. Tom said that they .................................. to a club.
3 “It will rain,” said Mum.  Mum said that it ......................................
4 “John drinks a lot,” said Jane. Jane said that John ............................ a lot.
5 “I can meet you for lunch,” said Karen. Karen said that she ............................ meet me for lunch.
10. Complete the sentences with the correct words. (10 points)
1. “Sam has an exam tomorrow,” mum said.
Mum said that Sam had an exam ..................................................... .
2. “I am watching TV now,” said Helen.
Helen said that ...................... was watching TV ...................... .
3. “I am going to Italy next year,” said Sheila.
Sheila said that ............. was going to Italy ........................................... .
4. “I will clean the kitchen tonight,” said John.
John said that ..............would clean the kitchen ....................................... .
5. “These are my favourite flowers,” said my aunt.
My aunt said that ....................... were ............................ favourite flowers.

11. Write the following sentences in reported speech. (10 points)

1 “I will help you with your computer,” said Bill.

Bill said that …………………………………………………………………………

2 “I am doing my homework for tomorrow,” said Molly.
Molly said that …………………………………………………………………………
3 “I can phone my mother now,” said Paul.
Paul said that …………………………………………………………………………
4 “Someone is following me now,” the boy said.
The boy said that …………………………………………………………………………
5. “The police don’t know anything,” she said.
She said that…………………………………………………………………………